Western Digital NAS Units Come With Hard Coded Backdoor

3 responses to “Western Digital NAS Units Come With Hard Coded Backdoor”

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   phil

   January 8, 2018

   With these (increasingly-frequent) stories I always wonder what’s worse – the fact that such a bug shipped, or that even after being given 6 months’ notice to react before the information goes public, the manufacturer chooses to do nothing about it.

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      ok

      January 11, 2018

      The problem is there’s little sanction(s) for such carelessness, unless they’re sued directly and it makes the news.

      A GDPR-like legislation targeted towards vendors producing code –
      software and firmware – needs to be enforced globally for accountability for lack of due diligence.

      If a product is under warranty or support, vendors ought to be vetting/auditing it’s code per update or monthly – which ever comes first.

      Reports should articulate defined checks – not the code itself – which must be published for transparency.

      Those who fail to provide such audits ought to be banned from markets or have poor product ratings, affecting their sales.

      In a perfect world… it works take the European Union to bother with such frameworks/laws.

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   Jayd

   January 8, 2018

   Thanks America for your NSA being so diligent in trying to keep the world safe from evil family photos and spreadsheets.

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